13 Facts About Dan Stoenescu

Dan Stoenescu was a minister in the technocratic government of Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos.

Dan Stoenescu is a specialist in international relations, the Arab World and migration.

Dan Stoenescu is interested in the protection of the rights of the Romanian diaspora and in the preservation of the language and culture of ethnic Romanians abroad.

Dan Stoenescu followed specializations at the European Security and Defence College in Brussels, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in the Hague, Matias Romero Institute in Mexico City and Saifi Institute for Arabic Language in Beirut.

Dan Stoenescu was Minister-delegate for Romanians abroad from 17 November 2015 to 7 July 2016, in the government of technocrats, led by Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos.

Dan Stoenescu previously lived in Egypt when he worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration offices in Cairo.

Dan Stoenescu worked as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines in Romania, United States, UK, Egypt, Lebanon, and the Republic of Moldova.

Dan Stoenescu received in 2019 an award from the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society for supporting the cause of Romanians in the Balkans on the occasion of the 140th anniversary from the founding of this society.

At the beginning of his term, Dan Stoenescu announced a new direction for Romanian institutions in offering new business and investment opportunities using European funds for Romanians of the diaspora who wish to return home.

The Romanian Information Centers in Balti and Izmail, established by minister Dan Stoenescu, were inaugurated in December 2016.

The minister delegate was the first high-ranking official member of the Dacian Ciolos government to visit the Republic of Moldova In early March 2016, Dan Stoenescu went on a diplomatic mission to Malaysia as special envoy of President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos to appeal to the Malaysian authorities to pardon and commute the death sentence for the Romanian inmate Ionut Gologan.

The Romanian media recognized the innovations brought by his mandate: "unlike the politicians that had Dan Stoenescu's portfolio, his work was an enormous leap forward".

Dan Stoenescu supported the creation of the Association of Tunisian graduates in Romania and the Tunisian-Romanian Cultural Association.